My Personal Equipment
8-inch f/8 Homemade Newtonian
Made Primary Mirror Myself
At Pawnee Grasslands, December 2005
At Rocky Mountain National Park, July 2006
Binocular Mount
It was a Surprise Birthday Present
The Scope My Dad and I Built in 1973 was
Retired After 37 Years of Fun
At Texas Star Party, May 2005
At Crow Valley Campground, March 2006
12.5-inch f/8 Homemade Newtonian
Coulter Optics Mirrors
See How it Got Assembled in the Field
Was Replaced With This Version
in 2010
More About the Building
of
My 12.5-inch Telescope
My Seestar S50
I purchased a Seestar S50 in January 2025. I've been using
to image the Heavens ever since.
I bought a Meade equatorial mount at the Denver Astronomical
Society's
annual auction for $10.
I built a head to attach to this mount
and have a bolt to attach the Seestar to it.
First light of my Seestar, August 2025 at State Forest State Park
And subsequent outings with my Seestar.
Backyard
Driveway
and around Broomfield, Colorado
Equipment I Built and Used to Own
Couch Potato Observing Chair
Binocular Mount I Built
My Mel Bartel's Controller
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